Sean Blinkhorn

Has anyone ever experienced being bang-on level on all aspects and having to play a 'final' to determine the league winner? Is this even coded into the game?

https://www.gazetaonline.com.br/esportes/futebol_capixaba/vitoria_fc/2019/05/hoje-no-vitoria-rafael-pernao-relembra-fluminense-e-manchester-city-1014182377.html This article has him training at Chelsea, Spurs and City(!?!?!?!) around 08, not much else though.

All the players you mentioned are no longer at those ratings except Kompany who was absolutely good enough to be about that high, IMO. @tomlcfc I do agree somewhat regarding Maquire. He looks alittle out of place alongside his England colleagues IMO, without knowing how his CA is affected by lack of playing positions etc, obviously.

Romford FC are down as playing at Ship Lane. They now play at Rookery Hill, home of East Thurrock. Their proposed new ground at Westlands has also had planning permission accepted, and is set to be built within the next 3 years.

I won't comment on Mount too much but bare in mind that he is a year group ahead of Foden in his development (PF 3rd season since scholar, MM 4th), so this has to be factored into your comparisons here Foden is an excellent young player with all the attributes to get to the sort of level as represented in-game. This is the lad that only 12 months ago was the player of the tournament during England's excellent U17 WC triumph, and has already beaten his PL appearance total from that personally hectic season (League cup, Prem, U17WC, BBC SP award...) as we enter November. He looks the part every time he plays, against whatever opposition he's up against. And there's a hell of a lot more to come. I certainly don't think this is a case of 'Media hype' vs performances in the second tier....

AFC Hornchurch to become Hornchurch FC (their pre-phoenix club name) from next season, from the look of it: http://www.isthmian.co.uk/urchins-to-drop-their-a-53596

Cheers, but the U15 coach isn't a role represented in-game. Nice one for the heads up though, coaches tend to get promoted pretty fast at the CFA.

Won my first league game and am now officially terrified to fire the game back up in case I rage quit after no-doubt losing the second 0-6. Went for a 4-2-3-1 focusing on crossing onto a target man. Will attempt to plough through a season this weekend.

I'm absolutely abysmal at tactics, as me two years ATTEMPTING to start this challenge have shown Praying I can keep Hornchurch up and turn them professional, at very least...

Can I put myself in the 'Hates City' camp, please? @jkadms Looks like a bug to me, Sane in particular is very high in the best rated players list. Don't know what to suggest with this one - it hasnt happened on any sims i've run. 4 in 7, 2 in 4 for England - I think I'll have to wait till he gets to Madrid to finally be able to convince people that he is as good as he is

That said- just in case, here's my profile...

Not sure if I can take part this year as I'm still sulking about Thurrock folding...

Foden is perfectly capable of playing CM in-game. He's got room to grow into that position as a 18 year old, sure. But you could play him there now. Zinchenko can play LB in-game, but he's just better as a LWB, being a little suspect defensively.

Bernardo has already been upgraded actually, that should come through by release. Not convinced on giving Foden high CM capability atm, may have another look at asking for him to be somewhat competent though. Need to see more of him really. Diaz not at all. At least for now, the lad's a winger, for me. Sounds like a bug to me!

To add to @Dan Ormsby 's post about regens, another situation you might see is that as you start your save game in June; a player may be 15, but we're essentially going back in time. The limit for needing to be 16 is 1st September. A great example of this will be in Manchester City U18s on FM19: Jayden Braaf's 16th birthday is on August 31st 2018, as late as it can possibly be for inclusion - meaning he'll be 15 for 3 months of in-game time!